Kent and Canterbury Hospital
Canterbury · data via Kent & Medway UTCs · read recently
Current wait
Primary source: Kent & Medway UTCs — published waiting times
Getting there & getting in touch
- Town / postcode
- Canterbury
- Run by
- Kent & Medway UTCs
- Service level
- Urgent Treatment Centre
The last 24 hours at Kent and Canterbury Hospital
Every reading we've collected, newest first. The bar shows each reading relative to the day's peak.
| Collected | Trend | Wait | Shift | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recently14:12 | 1 hr 7 min | ▲ 11m | 5 | |
| recently13:36 | 56 min | ▲ 15m | 4 | |
| recently13:12 | 41 min | ▼ 7m | 6 | |
| recently12:37 | 48 min | ▼ 24m | 5 | |
| recently12:14 | 1 hr 12 min | ▼ 25m | 7 | |
| recently11:36 | 1 hr 37 min | ▲ 6m | 3 | |
| recently11:09 | 1 hr 31 min | ▲ 3m | 5 | |
| recently10:36 | 1 hr 28 min | — | 4 | |
| recently10:10 | — | — | 0 | |
| recently08:14 | — | — | 0 | |
| recently07:35 | — | — | 0 | |
| recently07:12 | — | — | 0 |
How this compares locally
Right now the reading here is 1 hr 7 min. The Kent average sits near 1 hr 33 min. This department is tracking close to the local norm.
Quick answers for Kent and Canterbury Hospital
What's the current wait at Kent and Canterbury Hospital?
The latest published reading is about 1 hr 7 min. That comes straight from the trust's own feed and shifts through the day — and remember triage decides the order patients are seen, so a genuinely urgent case never waits for the whole queue.
Is the urgent treatment centre at Kent and Canterbury Hospital open right now?
Opening hours here are: not confirmed — ring ahead. Outside those times, calling 111 will point you to the nearest open alternative.
Where exactly is Kent and Canterbury Hospital?
It's in Canterbury. Pop your own postcode into our distance search to see how far it is from you compared with the other departments nearby.
When does this urgent treatment centre tend to be calmest?
Across the UK the pattern is consistent: the lightest traffic is between roughly 6am and 9am, and the heaviest crunch lands on Monday mornings, weekday evenings, and Friday and Saturday nights. If your condition can safely wait for a quieter window, an early start usually pays off.
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